An annual rich list says Paul McCartney is Britain’s first billionaire musician
LONDON (AP) — Paul McCartney is a billionaire Beatle. According to figures released Friday, the former member of the Fab Four is the first British…
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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the California 20th District special election
By MAYA SWEEDLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in California’s 20th Congressional District can be forgiven if they open their ballots…
Continue ReadingAbu Dhabi, once an untapped desert city, sees its first brewery open as UAE relaxes its alcohol laws
By MALAK HARB Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — In 2018, Chad McGehee opened Side Hustle Brews and Spirits, an Abu…
Continue ReadingAP Decision Notes: What to expect in Idaho’s state primary and Democratic presidential caucus
By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When Idaho voters head to the polls Tuesday to decide primaries for the U.S. House and the state…
Continue ReadingBike shops boomed early in the pandemic. It’s been a bumpy ride for most ever since
By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer For the nation’s bicycle shops, the past few years have probably felt like the business version of the Tour de…
Continue ReadingSouth Africa ends rescue efforts at collapsed building and revises figures: 33 dead, no more missing
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Authorities say an exhaustive rescue operation to find missing construction workers…
Continue ReadingTaiwan’s foreign minister says China and Russia are supporting each other’s ‘expansionism’
By SIMINA MISTREANU and CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Russia and China are helped each other expand their territorial…
Continue Reading5 things to know for May 17: Trump trial, Southern storms, Middle East, Immigration, Marijuana
By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A giant planet as fluffy as cotton candy has been spotted about 1,200 light-years from Earth. Astronomers say…
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FIRST ON CNN: Fighting early-stage Alzheimer’s with intensive lifestyle changes works, study finds
CNN By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — As her memory faded from Alzheimer’s disease in her late 50s, Tammy Maida began to lose track of her life.…
Continue ReadingWith ‘Water & Garri,’ Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage makes her acting debut and emerges with a new sound
CNN By Lauren Lee, CNN (CNN) — Despite her extraordinary success in Afrobeats music, Tiwa Savage has long harbored a secret aspiration: to…
Continue ReadingWith ‘Water & Garri,’ Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage makes her acting debut and emerges with a new sound
By Lauren Lee, CNN (CNN) — Despite her extraordinary success in Afrobeats music, Tiwa Savage has long harbored a secret aspiration: to pursue a…
Continue ReadingBiden makes fresh appeals to Black voters, hoping they can return him to the White House
By Michael Williams, Kevin Liptak and Arlette Saenz, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden is working to reverse an erosion of support…
Continue ReadingIsrael insists it is doing all it can to protect civilians in Gaza and denies genocide charges
By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Israel strongly denied charges of genocide on Friday, telling the United Nations’…
Continue ReadingGerman council approves a revised plan by Tesla to expand its plant near Berlin
BERLIN (AP) — A local council in Germany has approved a plan by electric carmaker Tesla to expand the grounds of its first plant in Europe, a…
Continue ReadingJapan passes a revised law allowing joint child custody for divorced parents for the first time
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s parliament has passed a revision to the country’s civil code that will allow divorced…
Continue ReadingTurkey’s Erdogan pardons elderly generals imprisoned over 1997 ‘postmodern coup’
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s president has pardoned seven former top military officers who were sentenced to life terms in prison over the…
Continue Reading8 EU members say conditions in Syria should be reassessed to allow voluntary refugee returns
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The governments of eight European Union member states say the situation in Syria…
Continue ReadingFormer US Army sergeant released from prison after Gov. Abbott pardons him for 2020 fatal Black Lives Matter protest shooting
CNN By Emma Tucker, Ed Lavandera and Ashley Killough, CNN (CNN) — Daniel Perry, a former US Army sergeant who was convicted of murdering a…
Continue ReadingSlovakia’s prime minister underwent another operation. He remains in serious condition
By PETR DAVID JOSEK Associated Press BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Officials in Slovakia say Prime Minister Robert Fico has undergone another…
Continue ReadingYemen’s Houthi rebels claim shooting down another US MQ-9 Reaper drone as footage shows wreckage
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed the shooting-down of an American drone,…
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